Sarath Fonseka appears in court on ‘white flag issue’

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 20:36 GMT]The trial-at-bar in Colombo High Court Tuesday re-fixed the inquiry for
October 4 and 5 in the case against former Commander of the Sri Lanka
Army Sarath Fonseka. Fonseka is charged for disclosing military
secrets that the Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapakse had issued
orders not to spare any of the LTTE cadres surrendering with white flags in the final battle and that the surendees should be shot dead.

The accused Sarath Fonseka was present in court Tuesday under tight
security after the Naval Medical Officer submitted a medical report
that he was fit to attend courts. He did not appear in court Monday as
he was indisposed.

Court further ordered the publisher of the Sunday Leader Lal
Wickrematunge and its editor Frederica Janz to be present in courts on
the next date of hearing.

Fonseka was charged in the case after he
gave a controversial interview to the Sunday Leader.

Nalin Ladduwahetti, Counsel for Mr. Fonseka, informed the court that
though the court had directed to hand over a photocopy of the note book
used by Editor Janz from the interview with Fonseka, only 30 pages
had been handed over.